atalya · Athaliah

What it means

atalya (עֲתַלְיָה) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “Athaliah”.

A name the lexicon explains as "YHWH has shown his strength" (probable sense). Best known is the mother of Ahaziah, king of Judah, of the family of Ahab (2 Kings 8:26; 11); also borne by two men (1 Chronicles 8:26; Ezra 8:7).

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Where it appears

• 2 Kings×7
• 1 Chronicles×1
• 2 Chronicles×8
• Ezra×1

• 2 Kings 8:26

  Ahaziah was twenty two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned one year in Jerusalem; and the name of his mother was Athaliah, daughter of Omri, king of Israel.

• 2 Kings 11:1

  Athaliah, the mother of Ahaziah, saw that her son was dead, and she rose and destroyed all the royal offspring.

• 2 Kings 11:2

  But Jehosheba, the daughter of King Joram, sister of Ahaziah, took Joash son of Ahaziah and stole him from among the king’s sons who were being put to death, him and his nurse, and put them in the room of the beds; and they hid him from Athaliah, and he was not put to death.

• 2 Kings 11:3

  He was with her in the house of YHWH, hidden, six years, while Athaliah was reigning over the land.

• 2 Kings 11:13

  Athaliah heard the noise of the runners and the people, and she came to the people in the house of YHWH.

• 2 Kings 11:14

  She looked, and there was the king standing by the pillar, according to the custom, and the commanders and the trumpets beside the king, and all the people of the land rejoicing and blowing the trumpets. Athaliah tore her clothes and cried out, “Conspiracy! Conspiracy!”

• 2 Kings 11:20

  All the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was quiet; and Athaliah they had put to death with the sword at the house of the king.

• 1 Chronicles 8:26

  Shamsherai, Shehariah, Athaliah,

• 2 Chronicles 22:2

  Ahaziah was forty-two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Athaliah daughter of Omri.

• 2 Chronicles 22:10

  Athaliah, the mother of Ahaziah, saw that her son was dead, and she rose and destroyed all the royal offspring of the house of Judah.

• 2 Chronicles 22:11

  But Jehoshabeath, the daughter of the king, took Joash son of Ahaziah and stole him from among the king’s sons who were being put to death, and she put him and his nurse in the room of the beds. So Jehoshabeath, the daughter of King Joram, the wife of Jehoiada the priest —for she was the sister of Ahaziah— hid him from Athaliah, and she did not put him to death.

• 2 Chronicles 22:12

  He was with them in the house of Elohim, hidden, six years, while Athaliah was reigning over the land.

• 2 Chronicles 23:12

  Athaliah heard the noise of the people running and praising the king, and she came to the people in the house of YHWH.

• 2 Chronicles 23:13

  She looked, and there was the king standing by his pillar at the entrance, and the commanders and the trumpets beside the king, and all the people of the land rejoicing and blowing the trumpets, and the singers with instruments of song leading the praise. Athaliah tore her clothes and said, “Conspiracy! Conspiracy!”

• 2 Chronicles 23:21

  All the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was quiet; and Athaliah they had put to death with the sword.

• 2 Chronicles 24:7

  For Athaliah, the wicked woman, and her sons had made a breach in the house of Elohim, and also all the holy things of the house of YHWH they had used for the Baals.

• Ezra 8:7

  and of the sons of Elam, Jeshaiah the son of Athaliah, and with him seventy males;